Alaska Gazetteer
Igrugevik Bank is a cultural feature (levee) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Igrugevik Bank |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Levee |
| Description: | on left side of Igrugevik Creek, 2.3 mi. E of Kivalina, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. |
| History: | "This Eskimo name, reported in 1966 by E. S. Burch, means ""place where they put something inside."" According to one story there was once a cold storage here; another story stated it was a good place for loading boats, Burc h says that the name is often applied to a nearby hill rather than to the river bank." |
| Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
| Latitude: | 67.7166671753 |
| Longitude: | -164.466659546 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Igrugevik Bank: Igrugevik Bank.
